Shareholder Rights

Does a Trade-off Need to Stay a Trade-off?

Roger Martin | Posted 03.20.2012

Read More: Consumerism, Shareholders, Corporations, Shareholder Rights, Social Good, Consumers, Innovation, Corporate America, Shareholder Value, Business News
Roger Martin

Will there continue to be trade-offs between shareholder value maximization and social good? Absolutely. We live in an imperfect world. Does there have to be a trade-off between the two in all instances? Only if we collectively decide to make it so. Let's not.

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Mandate Transparency on the Anniversary

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Securities and Exchange Commision, Corporate Reform Coalition, Shareholders, Corporations, Ceos, Campaign Finance, Shareholder Rights, Elections 2012, Corporate Social Responsibility, Shareholder Activist, Citizens United, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

If you're not a campaign finance wonk, then you may not have noted that a significant anniversary will arrive on this weekend on January 21st.

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Little Sally Learns About the Toxicity of Shareholder Value Maximization

Roger Martin | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Shareholders, Shareholder Value, Corporations, Business News
Roger Martin

If given forthright answers, even a 10-year-old can figure out that shareholder value maximization isn't even vaguely motivating for employees. And yet it is a common rallying cry for many companies. Pathetic.

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Shareholders Must Go to the Corporation Before Going to the Courthouse

Brad Reid | Posted 02.14.2012

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Delaware Law, Business Judgment Rule, Director Accountability, Derivative Suit, Corporations, Board of Directors, Business News
Brad Reid

While shareholders are the owners of a corporation, in everyday actions the board of directors and officers manage the business. If a shareholder disa...

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A Growing Consensus on What to Do About Citizens United

Ciara Torres-Spelliscy | Posted 11.25.2011

Read More: Corruption, Sec, Corporate Law, Shareholder Protection Act, Elections 2012, Shareholder Rights, Democracy, Securities and Exchange Commission, Citizens United, Politics News
Ciara Torres-Spelliscy

What are the key rules of the game in a modern American election? Who can be a candidate, who can vote, and who can spend money on the election. It was this third rule that changed last year.

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Want to Make a Difference? Invest Responsibly

Amy Domini | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Socially Responsible Investments, Shareholder Rights;, Investing, Amy Domini, Socially Responsible Investing, Calvert Foundation, Pax World, Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, Business News
Amy Domini

For socially responsible investors, impact starts by changing the dialog.

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As Wall Street Pay Hits Record Highs, Shareholders Want Their Say, Often

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Banks, Say on Pay, Bonuses, Executive Compensation, Financial Reform, Dodd-Frank Bill, Business News
Lisa Gilbert

As Wall Street continues to churn out big compensation and shareholders vote for more frequent opportunities to speak out, we can expect continued attention on the risky pay practices of big companies.

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Conservatives: Do the Right Thing on Proxy Rules!

Marty Robins | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Sec, Economic Recovery, Shareholder Activist, Economy, Economic Crisis, Personal Responsibility, Business News
Marty Robins

I'm a conservative because I feel that it is best when government gets out of the way. But when I read about the legal challenge to the new SEC proxy access rules, I wonder about the motives of my fellow conservatives.

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Why Oracle's CEO Should Be Fired and Its Board Sued by Shareholders

Georges Ugeux | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Tenure, Chairman, Corporate Governance, Banks, Enron, Joseph Grunfest, Jeffrey O Henley, Bp, Trading, Board of Directors, Wall Street Journal, SEC Comissioner, America, Climate Change, Greed, Larry Ellison, Stock Prices, Mark Hurd, Oracle, Arthur and Toni Rembe, Stanford University, Waste-Disposal, Energy, Hp Leo Apotheker, Shareholder Rights, Hp, Business News
Georges Ugeux

Compensation of CEOs is generally deemed outrageous. But what is now at stake, is that, while the amounts themselves are outrageous, their correlation to performance is questionable, too.

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In The Public Interest: Remove the Blinders

Lisa Gilbert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Supreme Court, Bp, Corporate Money, Exxon Mobil, Shareholder Rights, Lisa Gilbert, Target, US Pirg, Citizens United, DISCLOSE Act, Campaign Finance, Politics News
Lisa Gilbert

It's safe to say that unlimited corporate and union spending in elections is far from what the founding fathers envisioned when they guaranteed Americans the right of "freedom of speech."

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Phantom Assets: Undermining Corporate Elections and Shareholder Rights

N. E. Marsden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Hedge Funds, Derivatives, Shareholder Rights, Stock Market, Stock Prices, Short Selling, Investors, Stock Trading, Economy, Credit Default Swaps, Business News
N. E. Marsden

Every once in awhile, a journalistic ray of light exposes how far our financial system has veered from anything resembling objective reality.

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WellPoint/Anthem Shareholders Revolt!

Rob Stone M.D. | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholders, Shareholder Rights, Anthem Blue Cross, Angela Braly, Wellpoint Health Insurance, Wellpoint Rate Hike, Blue Cross Blue Shield, Wellpoint, Business News
Rob Stone M.D.

The health insurance industry adds huge administrative costs to our system, not to mention the profits they siphon off. WellPoint is a parasitic middleman that adds no value and increases the cost of health care.

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Eliot Spitzer: How technology can help stockholders take control of the corporations they own.

Slate Magazine | Eliot Spitzer | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Proxydemocracy.org, New Technology, Corporate Democracy, Shareholders, Shareholder Rights, Moxyvote.com, Eliot Spitzer, Shareholder Activists, Business News

Twitter, text messages, YouTube, and other technology transformed politics in 2008. This success raises a compelling question: Can the same technology...

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Too Compromised to Govern: the Top Conflicts Plaguing Corporate Governance

Jesse Strauss | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Corporate Governance, Say on Pay, Corporate Boards, Compensation Consultants, Proxy, Too Big to Fail, Board of Directors, Business News
Jesse Strauss

Although Wall Street maybe too big to fail, corporate governance reform is just too important to fail.

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SEC Changes the Game on CEO Succession

Alicia Whitaker | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Whole Foods, Sec, Ken Lewis, CEO Succession, Verizon, Shareholder Rights, Bank of America, Succession Planning, Integral Advisors, Bruce J. Sherman, Coca-Cola, Best Buy, Business News
Alicia Whitaker

Shareholders can now challenge the board to learn more about plans for CEO succession. This is one more action that will make it less likely that the CEO can fill the board with good old boys.

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Politically Driven Union Activism Hurts Shareholders

Tom Donohue | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Shareholder Rights, Shareholder Activist, Unions, Labor Unions, Business News
Tom Donohue

Rewarding activist investors at the expense of average shareholders does not move governance of our markets in the right direction.

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Unsure How to Vote Your Exxon Mobil, Chevron and Other Proxy Ballots?

Kim Cranston | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Human Rights, CEO Pay, Lgbt, Executive Pay, Chevron, Pride Foundation, Income Inequality, News, Ed Begley Jr., Exxon Mobil, Wall Street Bailout, Global Warming, Employment Non-Discrimination, Ceres, Civil Rights, Climate Change, Shareholder Proposals, Responsible Wealth/ United for a Fair Economy, Environment, Wall Street Crisis, Wall Street, Responsible Endowments Coalition, Shareholder Resolutions, Greenhouse Gases, Say on Pay, Shareholders, Transparentdemocracy, Larry Lessig, Executive Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Proxy Ballots, Economy, Politics News
Kim Cranston

See how organizations and people you trust, like Ed Begley, Jr., Ceres, Pride Foundation, Responsible Endowments Coalition, recommend you vote and why.

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John McCain's New Populism?

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: George Bush, Greed, Wall Street Bonuses, John McCain, CEO Pay, Wall Street Regulations, Excess CEO Compensation, Lobbyists, CEO Compensation, Shareholder Rights, Corporate Power, Shareholder Value, Shareholder Democracy, Barack Obama, Tax Cuts Fo Rthe Rich, Business Roundtable, Boards of Directors, Profits, Corporate America, Economic Reform, Tax Cuts, Business News
Diane Francis

McCain can "pledge" to reform Wall Street business practices all he wants, but he hasn't walked the walk in the Senate in past years, nor has his party ever done so.

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